The Religious Philosopher: Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... Designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Intidels, Volume 2J. Senex, 1720 |
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... Countries which lie near the Poles , during their long and difmal Nights , do participate of the comfortable Light of the Sun many ' Days before it rifes above the Horizon : From hence it pro- ceeds likewife , that thofe Nations which ...
... Countries which lie near the Poles , during their long and difmal Nights , do participate of the comfortable Light of the Sun many ' Days before it rifes above the Horizon : From hence it pro- ceeds likewife , that thofe Nations which ...
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... Country , there are Pits or Wells over which if you hold a Candle , the Air will immediately be kind- led , infomuch , that whole Houses have been con- fumed by the firing of fuch Steams ; and not long fince , a Perfon was miferably ...
... Country , there are Pits or Wells over which if you hold a Candle , the Air will immediately be kind- led , infomuch , that whole Houses have been con- fumed by the firing of fuch Steams ; and not long fince , a Perfon was miferably ...
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... Country Seats ? Now it has pleafed the gra- cious Director of all things fo carefully to provide against these Inconveniences ( that what befals us every Moment of our whole Lives , namely , the Infpiration and Expiration of Air , might ...
... Country Seats ? Now it has pleafed the gra- cious Director of all things fo carefully to provide against these Inconveniences ( that what befals us every Moment of our whole Lives , namely , the Infpiration and Expiration of Air , might ...
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... Countries and Re- gions remote from the Sea , into which at laft they difcharge themfelves , would likewife in time be partly or wholly dryed up : Infomuch that Dews , Rains and Inundations of Rivers , that render the Earth fruitful ...
... Countries and Re- gions remote from the Sea , into which at laft they difcharge themfelves , would likewife in time be partly or wholly dryed up : Infomuch that Dews , Rains and Inundations of Rivers , that render the Earth fruitful ...
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... Countries that are feparated from them by great Seas , nor enjoy any Communication therewith ? If fuch Powers of the Wind , ( by which great and heavy Ships are convey'd fo fwiftly from one Cc4 Part ་ Part of the World to another ; by ...
... Countries that are feparated from them by great Seas , nor enjoy any Communication therewith ? If fuch Powers of the Wind , ( by which great and heavy Ships are convey'd fo fwiftly from one Cc4 Part ་ Part of the World to another ; by ...
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Page 543 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 632 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 696 - But fome man will fay, How are the dead raifed up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which thou foweft is not quickened, except it die : And that which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that mall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome other grain : But GOD giveth it a body as it hath pleafed Him, and to every feed His own body.
Page 655 - Behold the fowls of the air : for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his ftature?
Page 351 - Philosopher: or, the Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator. I. In the wonderful Structure of Animal Bodies, and in particular Man, II. In the no less wonderful and wise Formation of the Elements and their various Effects upon Animal and Vegetable Bodies, And III. In the most amazing Structure of the Heavens, with all its Furniture. Designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Infidels.
Page 724 - Sweat of thy Face Jhalt thou eat Bread, till thou return unto the Ground; For out of it...
Page 657 - Sea fhall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all thefe, that the Hand of the Lord hath wrought this > In whofe Hand is the Soul of every living Thing, and the Breath of all Mankind.
Page 619 - ... melt with fervent heat, the earth alfo and the works that are therein (hall fee burnt up.
Page 543 - Who hatb, placed the fand for the bound of the fea, by a perpetual decree that it cannot pafs ; and the waters thereof tofs.themfelves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pafs over it.
Page 474 - Power, he hath, eftablifhed the World by his Wifdom, and hath ftretched out the Heavens by his Difcretion. When he uttereth his Voice, there is a Multitude of Waters in the Heavens, and he caufeth the Vapours to afcend from the Ends of the Earth : He maketh Lightnings with Rain, and bringeth forth the Wind out of his Treafures. Am I a God at hand, faith the Lord, and not xxiii.